Record of mid-Archaean subduction from metamorphism in the Barberton terrain, South Africa

Nature

Volumn 442, Issue 7102, 2006, Pages 559-562

  Moyen, Jean François ^a   Stevens, Gary ^a   Kisters, Alexander ^a  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOLOGY; GEOTHERMAL ENERGY; HIGH PRESSURE EFFECTS; LOW TEMPERATURE EFFECTS; MINERAL RESOURCES; ROCKS;

GEOLOGICAL PROCESSES; GEOTHERMAL GRADIENTS; METAMORPHISM; SUBDUCTION; SUPRACRUSTAL AMPHIBOLITES;

TECTONICS;

AMPHIBOLE;

ARCHEAN; GEOTHERMAL GRADIENT; KIMBERLITE; METAMORPHISM; PLATE TECTONICS; SUBDUCTION;

ARTICLE; EVOLUTION; GEOGRAPHIC AND GEOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; GEOLOGICAL TIME; LOW TEMPERATURE; METAMORPHOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTH AFRICA;

AFRICA; BARBERTON; MPUMALANGA; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 33746762944     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature04972     Document Type: Article

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